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disreputable

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Acting was still a disreputable profession, but respectable Nelly is reluctant to become his kept woman.

The program was called “disreputable if not outright illegal” by some NSA officials and was ultimately shut down in 1973.

So far, so disreputable, especially if you bought into Assange's rock-star status.

In 1972, as a young director, he saw his first film released to a handful of disreputable theaters.

Or must they have been pushed, perhaps by her disreputable boyfriend or even a deranged stranger?

With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."

Indeed it took nearly a couple of years to weed out the disreputable members of this body.

He would form a circle of disreputable youths, for whose drinks Sogrange was called upon to pay.

Beside Clipperton was a disreputable little Mexican with gold rings in his ears.

Its latter days were dreary, down-at-heel, and disreputable enough.

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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to disreputable, such as: contemptible, despicable, shady, shameful, sordid, and vile.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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